sobriety

Example Sentences

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And Tucker Carlson’s sobriety story, where even in a moment of honest vulnerability, one can feel the fictional character he plays on television ready to subsume the man at any moment.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

"The color purple is associated with power, authority, luxury, royalty, spirituality, and sobriety," Medina said of Sheinbaum's choice.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

“If you could love someone into sobriety, into recovery, into remission from their psychiatric issues, then we’d have a lot fewer clients here,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Police Scotland says the decision to issue a public appeal is based on the circumstances and that a person's age, sex or sobriety are not factors.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

This opulent sobriety betrayed the divided nature of the school, just as in a different way the two rivers that it straddled did.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles